SINGAPORE – Red Bull’s Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo and Dutch Max Verstappen were the two fastest on Friday, ahead of Ferrari, in the first practice session of the Singapore Grand Prix.

Ricciardo was the fastest, recording a time of 1:39.711, followed by his Dutch teammate, who came in at 1:39.912, ahead of the two Ferrari drivers, Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Kimi Raikkonen of Finland.

Germany’s Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) came in fifth, whereas current world number one, British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), came sixth at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

The qualifying session for the Singapore GP will take place on Saturday, ahead of the race on Sunday.

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